Hey there, and Happy New Year! I hope everyone had a fantastic time ringing in the new year. A new year brings not only new goals but, most importantly, a new word of the year. I have many things I want to accomplish this year in various aspects of my life. One is that I want to 100% follow through with my word of the year.
This year will be my third year choosing a word of the year instead setting a new year’s resolution, and I’m excited about it. I’m excited about the word itself. If you’re new to my blog and haven’t read my 2022 word of the year blog post, it’s okay. I’ll revisit my past two years’ words first.
Back in 2021, my word was “shine.” I chose shine because that was the year that I wanted to shine and wanted others to shine as well. I would still love to see everyone around me shine, whether I knew them or not. Last year, in 2022, my words of the year included “creative,” “create,” and “creativity.” It was hard to choose one, so I chose all three. I’m a creative soul who loves to create things and have her creativity sparked. It wasn’t a hard choice to make.
Choosing My Word of the Year
When it came to choosing a new word for 2023, I narrowed it down to a few that I really liked. However, I became stuck on deciding which one. Each word meant something to me for one reason or another. While searching through the word of the year hashtag on Instagram, I came across a post that made me rethink how I should approach choosing one word this year. I decided to do what the post said and think about what it will take for me to master most of my goals for the year. When I thought about that, the main word that stuck out to me was consistency.
One of the things I’ve really had trouble doing is being consistent with a few things that I do. This year, I knew for a fact that I didn’t want to procrastinate. I can’t begin to tell you how many drafts I’ve made, but let’s not get into that. As I said before, I have so many goals. Not only that, but I want to continue to shine and be the creative person I am. The only way I know for sure it’s going to happen is through consistency. I want to aim for that more than anything else.
My Goals
As I stated a few times before, I have a number of goals that I would like to accomplish this year. My goals range from personal goals to blogging goals. I made a list of them at the end of the year, and truthfully, I’m sure that they’re going to grow as time goes on and I think of more.
Blogging and Writing Goals
- Post at least one blog post a week, be it a weekday or the weekend
- Participate in a blog challenge
- Get more page views (before I switched hosts and started from scratch I got up to 500 page views which I’m still extremely grateful for)
- Promote my blog and posts more on social media
- Write at least 2,500 words daily
- Write at least 17,500 words monthly
- Enter at least one writing contest
- Officially get back into songwriting and poetry
- Start writing short stories
Social Media Goals
- Engage more with followers and those that I’m following
- Post at least once a week on my accounts
- Post a reel at least once a month
- Participate in special days that are up my alley
- Try to get back into making YouTube videos
- Follow more lifestyle bloggers and YouTubers I like
- Make blogger and YouTuber acquaintances and/or friends
Reading Goals
- Participate in the 2023 Pop Sugar Challenge
- Read at least two books a month
- Read diverse books (ex. books by POC and LGBTQ+ authors)
- Track my reading with Goodreads and StoryGraph
Personal and Life Goals
- Plan things in my planners and remember to check it everyday
- Dance for at least an hour a day
- Start meditating or maybe learn yoga
- Practice mindfulness
- Wwalk at least 5k steps a day
- Do a week without sugar
- Participate in dry January
- Eat more fruits… vegetables are debatable (I don’t like many different kinds of vegetables)
- Follow @thebrokeblackgirl on Instagram, monthly saving challenges
- Grow out my hair with the help of protective styles
- Develop a consistent skincare routine
Fun Goals
- Do at least two photoshoots (a birthday photoshoot and a brand photoshoot)
- Start learning other languages I have saved in Duolingo (
French, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish, Haitian Creole, Portuguese) - Become fluent in Dutch, German, and Spanish
- Be able to watch something in Spanish without English subtitles
- Go to the movies alone (the thought of it is so
- . weird to me)
- Or at least go on a solo date somewhere in public (an introvert can manifest, right)
- Buy a skateboard and try to relearn how to skateboard
- Relearn how to sew and craft at least one project
- Get into a new hobby
- Finally, learn digital art
- Look into learning photography
- Listen to more podcasts
- Listen to more music and discover new artists
- Learn more about astrology and enneagram
Whew. That’s a lot of goals, I know but I’m a person that likes to dream and dream big at that. I’m also believing that I can make all of the above happen if I put my mind to it. Do you have any goals that you want to 100% accomplish this year or maybe a word of the year? If you do, feel free to leave a comment below. I would love to read what you plan on accomplishing.
